Athens’ transit company, OASA, is planning to reduce the need for tickets – which are often hard to find in more remote parts of the transport network – by allowing commuters to pay their fare directly by card or via a smartphone app.
Tensions broke out between police and university students protesting in main Syntagma square in Athens on Thursday.
Iran’s navy seized St Nikolas, the oil tanker associated with the Greek shipping company Empire Navigation, on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported. The oil tanker was once at the center of a major crisis between Tehran and Washington, officials said, a seizure that further escalated tensions in the Mideast waterways.
The ski resort of Agriolefkes on Mount Pelion, central Greece, will open on Friday, following the recent snowfall, the operating company said on Thursday.
Greek authorities have issued a European arrest warrant and an extradition request for a 33-year-old man from North Macedonia believed to be involved in the killing of a 39-year-old compatriot in Halkidiki in July last year.
Greece should revise its legal framework to either minimise penalties or fully decriminalize soft drugs to reduce the burden on the judicial and prison system, among other benefits, according to a study by the Center for Liberal Studies (KEFiM), in collaboration with the European network Epicenter.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the new wing of the Boehringer Ingelheim pharmaceutical company in Koropi will be one of the most technologically advanced in Europe, durin a visit to the company on Thursday.
The government is expected to proceed by late March with a pilot application allowing the use of bank cards and smartphones to board public transport, in addition to tickets and passes.
An oil tanker once at the center of a crisis between Iran and the United States was boarded in the Gulf of Oman by “unauthorized” people in military uniforms early on Thursday morning, an advisory group run by the British military and a private security firm warned.
Over a year ago there were concerns that Turkey’s provocations and threats in the Aegean could turn into conflict. Over the last year, Turkey’s President Erdogan has pulled a 180 degree shift in policy, de-escalating tensions.